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Committee advances bill expanding loan assistance program to address acute teacher shortages
Summary
House Bill 272 repurposes an existing scholarship program (AMSTEP) into a broader loan assistance program that can target acute teacher shortages and reimburses certification costs; committee reported the bill favorably.
House Bill 272, intended to address acute teacher shortages, was given a favorable report by the Ways and Means Education Committee.
Representative Collins, the sponsor, said the bill repurposes and renames the existing AMSTEP scholarship program to a loan assistance program for supportive educators across the state. The bill removes the prior AMSTEP language on pages 9–13 and replaces it with new definitions and…
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